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    PDQ inventory vs Spiceworks... which is better and why?

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    • MattSpellerM
      MattSpeller @Deleted74295
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      @Breffni-Potter said:

      I've had it sitting on a client site for 2 weeks, it failed to do it right.

      Identical to my experience.

      We also have users all over the world and it won't find them no matter how hard it tries.

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      • RojoLocoR
        RojoLoco
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        I had SW working ok, but it now refuses to inventory the new machines added recently, no matter how I set it up. I have the free version of PDQ, which is nice and fast (missing some features compared to the paid one), and I'm about to install Lansweeper to test it out.

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          LAH3385 @RojoLoco
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          @RojoLoco said:

          I had SW working ok, but it now refuses to inventory the new machines added recently, no matter how I set it up. I have the free version of PDQ, which is nice and fast (missing some features compared to the paid one), and I'm about to install Lansweeper to test it out.

          Let us know how is Lansweeper turn out.
          I don't have the time to test these out yet, it'll have to be on the weekend. 😢

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          • Deleted74295D
            Deleted74295 Banned @RojoLoco
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            @RojoLoco said:

            and I'm about to install Lansweeper to test it out.

            It's a great product, if you get stuck let me know and I'll try to help out 🙂

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            • RojoLocoR
              RojoLoco @Deleted74295
              last edited by

              @Breffni-Potter said:

              @RojoLoco said:

              and I'm about to install Lansweeper to test it out.

              It's a great product, if you get stuck let me know and I'll try to help out 🙂

              My preliminary Lansweeper tests are very promising. I like the product, it has tons of info that is easily accessible.

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                LAH3385
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                @RojoLoco said:

                @Breffni-Potter said:

                @RojoLoco said:

                and I'm about to install Lansweeper to test it out.

                It's a great product, if you get stuck let me know and I'll try to help out 🙂

                My preliminary Lansweeper tests are very promising. I like the product, it has tons of info that is easily accessible.

                OMG! Lansweeper is awesome! it even tell which monitor connected to which PC! Just requested a full trail. So far very impressed.

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                • S
                  Sparkum
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                  PDQ for close to 3 years now, huge fan

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                    LAH3385 @Sparkum
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                    @Sparkum said:

                    PDQ for close to 3 years now, huge fan

                    I feel PDQ is solid. SW.. never try them so can't say about them. Lansweeper is very... informative.

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                    • RojoLocoR
                      RojoLoco
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                      @Nic do you have any idea why Lansweeper is showing "no antivirus" on literally all of my servers? It reads the AV client correctly on workstations and laptops, but not on any of my servers (all of which have webroot, all current version).

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                      • NicN
                        Nic @RojoLoco
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                        @RojoLoco said:

                        @Nic do you have any idea why Lansweeper is showing "no antivirus" on literally all of my servers? It reads the AV client correctly on workstations and laptops, but not on any of my servers (all of which have webroot, all current version).

                        Not sure on that one - do you want me to have support contact you to follow up?

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                        • RojoLocoR
                          RojoLoco @Nic
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                          @Nic sure, or I could open a ticket. It's not a huge deal, but I'll need a good explanation or workaround if I want the boss to buy me this program. Thanks for your help.

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                          • NicN
                            Nic
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                            Yeah go ahead and open a ticket. They'll at least be able to tell you how Webroot identifies itself on the machine so that you can ask Lansweeper about it. The other thing we could do is a call with us, you and Lansweeper as sometimes that's easier than the back and forth finger pointing with issues like this one.

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                            • RojoLocoR
                              RojoLoco @Nic
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                              @Nic I'll open a ticket, I don't have a desk phone. And nobody is pointing fingers... yet 😉

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                              • NicN
                                Nic
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                                Ok cool. Yeah just trying to head things off at the pass, as they say 🙂

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                                • Deleted74295D
                                  Deleted74295 Banned
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                                  Webroot has a cloaking feature in the client. Might that have something to do with it?

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                                  • RojoLocoR
                                    RojoLoco @Deleted74295
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                                    @Breffni-Potter the desktop endpoints are detected correctly, so I'm not sure.

                                    @Nic the buck has been passed... "contact lansweeper, we can't help you".

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                                    • NicN
                                      Nic @RojoLoco
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                                      @RojoLoco Yeah I figured that might be the response. Give Lansweeper a try, and if they point it back to us, then I'll jump in and see what I can do to coordinate.

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                                      • RojoLocoR
                                        RojoLoco @Nic
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                                        @Nic I'm guessing that a trial customer will get a sales pitch from their support...

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                                        • NicN
                                          Nic
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                                          hmm, maybe - we offer full support for trials, so that you can both get problems fixed and try out our support staff. It's worth at least giving them a call. After all, you'll never have more leverage than you do before you buy their product 🙂

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